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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
dibya bharati singh
Contact: 91****8852
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- LGD code
- 402283
- Pincode
- 759120
- Post office
- Parjang
- Population
- 830
- Households
- 184
- Literacy rate
- 68.3%
- Sex ratio
- 1000 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 234
- Distance to district centre
- 44 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 4 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 80 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 367 km
- Nearest railway station
- Meramandali · 6 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Devdash Clinic · 5 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Katarapada compares
By population, Katarapada ranks #58 of 120 villages in Parajang mandal.
Literacy rate
%
68.3%
+0.3% vs mandal average
- Katarapada
- 68.3%
- Parajang mandal
- 68.0%
- Dhenkanal district
- 69.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,000
+32 vs mandal average
- Katarapada
- 1,000
- Parajang mandal
- 968
Household size
people per home
4.5
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Katarapada
- 4.5
- Parajang mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Katarapada at a glance
Katarapada is a village of 830 people in 184 households (Census 2011) in Parajang block, Dhenkanal district, Odisha, the 58th-largest of 120 villages in Parajang block. Literacy is 68%, about the same as the block average of 68% and the sex ratio is 1,000 women per 1,000 men. It lies 44 km from the Dhenkanal district centre, 6 km from Meramandali railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 759120, served by Parjang post office; the LGD village code is 402283. The nearest hospital or health centre is Devdash Clinic, 5 km away. The sarpanch is dibya bharati singh, and the village votes in Parjanga assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bibhuti Bhusan Pradhan. The population is estimated at 979 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Katarapada · this village | 830 | 68% | — |
| Fakirapada · Barang | 813 | 63% | 0 km N |
| Patarapada · Parajang | 3,069 | 75% | 0 km N |
| Khalibahal · Parajang | 538 | 80% | 1.1 km NE |
| Katabahal · Gaisilet | 1,197 | 63% | 1.1 km NE |
| Katabahal · Parajang | 2,372 | 68% | 1.1 km NE |
| Sanda · Parajang | 7,115 | 70% | 3.5 km S |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Katarapada
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 10
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- TALCHER
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 25
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 50
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 6
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Kandarsingh
- Total area (ha)
- 77
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 1.19
- Forest area (ha)
- 7.42
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Katarapada
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Katarapada
- LGD code
- 402283
- Pincode
- 759120
- Post office
- Parjang
- Population (Census 2011)
- 830
- Population (projected 2026)
- 979
- Households
- 184
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1000
- Literacy rate
- 68.3%
- Coordinates
- 20.85143°N, 85.33203°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dhenkanal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Parjanga
- Member of Parliament
- Rudra Narayan Pany
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Bibhuti Bhusan Pradhan
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- dibya bharati singh
- Block / Mandal
- Parajang
Getting there
How to reach Katarapada
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar80 kmcapital
- Kolkata367 km
- Hyderabad816 km
- Chennai1018 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationMeramandali6 km
- Bus stopBus Stand24 km
- Hospital / PHCDevdash Clinic5 km
- ATM / bankUCO BANK21 km
- Petrol pumpPetrolimex22 km
- CollegeIGIT Sarang12 km
- Police stationPolice Station, Tumusingha17 km
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Villages near Katarapada
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)